Self-balancing scooter

Gifi · Gyro Board

Hobby/sports equipmentElectric shockFire

Country of origin: People's Republic of China
Notifying country: France

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Requirements breached

The creepage distances and insulation clearances between the primary and secondary circuits of the charger are too small. This can lead to the user receiving an electric shock from accessible parts of the product or to a fire. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 61558.

Measures taken

Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 6 March 2016
Withdrawal of the product from the market Voluntary measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 28 April 2016

Product

Description: Self-balancing, two-wheel scooter ("hoverboard") supplied with power supply unit in a cardboard box (measurements 63 x 24 x 22.5 cm).
Brand: Gifi
Model / type: Ref. 360111/ KN-S1; 360109, 359659 and 359660; Power supply unit included: Model JZX-420200
Batch: 3491953601111; lot 10/2015

Original source

Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.

Alert number: A12/0862/16 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2016-028
Published: 8 July 2016
Corrigendum: Notifications A12/0835/16 and A12/0836/16 from report 2016-26 have been modified following new information provided by the notifying authority.